Harper v. Barnard
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page District Court. — Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. Action at law to recover for injuries to plaintiff’s property and person, caused by Ms being run into by one of defendant’s trains while traveling in a buggy at a public highway crossing. Plaintiff alleges that defendant’s employes were negligent in running said train at a high rate of speed, and in not giving the signals required by law. He also alleges that he was free from negligence.
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Appeal from Page District Court. — Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. Action at law to recover for injuries to plaintiff’s property and person, caused by Ms being run into by one of defendant’s trains while traveling in a buggy at a public highway crossing. Plaintiff alleges that defendant’s employes were negligent in running said train at a high rate of speed, and in not giving the signals required by law. He also alleges that he was free from negligence. The defendant answered denying generally. A verdict was returned in favor of the plaintiff for one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, and…
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
1 *1612 *160Appellee questions the sufficiency of the assignments of error. They are, in most instances, quite general, and not as specific as the rules of practice require; hut the only assignment urged in argument by appellant, we think, is sufficiently specific to entitle appellant to a consideration thereof. The only complaint made on this appeal, by appellant, is that the court erred in overruling its motion for a verdict, and its motion for a new trial, on the ground that plaintiff was guilty of negligence contributing to the injuries conplained of. We have examined the evidence with care, and…
2Cited by11 opinions
- Hartman v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Schulte v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- Mackerall v. Omaha & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
- Davitt v. Chicago Great Western RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
- Butterfield v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1921
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